Unit Five (修改版） FALSITY AND FAILURE研究生英语第二学期教材.ppt

FALSITY AND  FAILURE; Some Well-known Frauds or Plagiarisms in Recent Years; Text analysis Part division and main ideas 1-2 The fact of fraudulent research has drawn much attention recently. 3-4 Instances of fraudulent research both today and yesterday may seem to be a constantly spreading blot on the record of science and do damage to public confidence in the scientific method.;5-6 Fraud in scientific research will inevitably lead to failure. 7-8 The papers in Nature can serve as examples of how the self-monitoring system of scientific research is working. 9 There is no need to worry about fraudulent research. ; Scan the text to find out phrases or expressions, which are related to either “unethical research behavior” or “faked data” in both Part 1 and Part 2. ;1. second century AD Ptolemy his unearthly data establishing the sun’s movement around the earth 2. seventeenth-century Newton supposed example of fudging in Newton’s calculations ;3. one hundred years ago Mendel small questions about the perfection of his classical generalizations about plant genetics 4. in the 1930s Cyril Burt faked data on the inheritance of intelligence in identical twins ;5. twenty years ago a postdoctoral student at the Rockefeller Institute the falsified synthesis of a cellular protein 6. in 1974 at Sloan-Kettering skin-graft fabrication ;Language points;2. of high rank, station, or quality; noteworthy All the eminent members of this community were invited to this charity party. 3. an eminent person is famous, important, and respected She is an eminent historian, and works at one of the most prestigious institutes as a full professor. ;testify: v. 1. make a formal statement of what is true, especially in a court of law 目击证人在陪审团面前作证. The witnesses testified before a grand jury. 2. show clearly that sth. is the case Many astronauts have testified to the exhilaration of weightlessness. ;in d